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Table
2: Average risk of death in the UK from some common causes.
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| Smoking 10 cigarettes per day | 1 in 200 | or |
500x10-5 |
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Natural causes, 40 years old |
1 in 700 | or | 140x10-5 | ||||||
| Accidents on the road | 1 in 10 000 | or | 10x10-5 | ||||||
| Accidents in the home | 1 in 10 000 | or | 10x10-5 | ||||||
| Accidents at work | 1 in 50 000 | or | 2x10-5 | ||||||
| Most exposed from nuclear effluents (0.3mSv) | 1 in 70 000 | or | 1.4x10-5 | ||||||
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All causes |
1 in 80 | or |
1200x10-5 |
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Some
Aspects of the Relationship between Society and the Disposal of Radioactive
Waste: Ian J Duncan
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© copyright The Uranium Institute 1999